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Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and is correctly described?
1. Musca domestica - The common house lizard, a reptile
2. Plasmodium falciparum - A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria
3. Felis tigris - The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
4. E.coli - Full name Escherichia coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine

Subtopic:  Common Cold & Malaria Introduction |
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Growth and reproduction are:
1. characteristics of cells and living things
2. defining properties of cells and living things
3. characteristics of cells but not of living things
4. defining properties of cells but not of living things

Subtopic:  Introduction & Growth as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) | Reproduction as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) |
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Wheat belongs to the Order:

1.Poaceae2.Poales
3.Monocotyledonae4.Angiospermae

Subtopic:  Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
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As we go down in the taxonomic hierarchy, the number of characters shared by the members of the taxon:

1.Increases2.Decreases
3.Remains the same4.Can increase or decrease

Subtopic:  Taxonomy 3: From Family to Classification of Some Organisms |
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Which of the following are synonymous?
1. Living state and Metabolism
2. Growth and Reproduction
3. Coma and Brain death
4. Homeostasis and Thermoregulation

Subtopic:  Metabolism and Consciousness as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) |
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The process of classification of living organisms into different taxa is called as:

1. Identification 2. Nomenclature
3. Taxonomy 4. Characterization
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature | Systematics & Type study |
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The correct name of mango would be:

1. Mangifera Indica 2. mangifera indica
3. Mangifera indica 4. Mangifera indica
Subtopic:  Taxonomy 1: Nomenclature |
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Maintenance of a constant internal environment in spite of an ever changing external environment by living organisms is called:
1. Hemostasis
2. Thermoregulation
3. Osmoregulation
4. Homeostasis

Subtopic:  Metabolism and Consciousness as Criterion for Being Living (OLD NCERT) |
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The Indian Botanical Garden and the National Botanical Research Institute are located respectively at:

1. Pune and Howrah 2. Howrah and Lucknow
3. Darjeeling and Lucknow 4. Simla and Dehradun
Subtopic:  Taxonomical Aids: Part 1 (OLD NCERT) | Taxonomical Aids: Part 2 (OLD NCERT) | Taxonomical Aids (OLD NCERT) |
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Taxonomy does not include:

1. Describing a new species 2. Naming a new species
3. Classifying organisms 4. Discovering a new species
Subtopic:  Systematics & Type study |
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